List of ship launches in 1896 explained

The list of ship launches in 1896 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1896.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
28 February		Barclay Curle	Glasgow		Cargo ship	For Booth Steamship Company
29 February		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Edward Bates & Son.[1]
9 March	Sweden	Bergsunds Shipyard	Stockholm
13 March		William Gray & Company	West Hartlepool		Cargo ship	For African Association Ltd
14 March		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Edward Bates & Son.[2]
28 March		William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Pre-dreadnought battleship
30 March		Laird, Son & Co	Birkenhead
9 April		David J. Dunlop & Co.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For African Steamship Company
27 April		Arsenal de Lorient	Lorient		Pre-dreadnought battleship
27 April		Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston		Tug	For Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Preston.[3]
28 April		Pembroke Dock	Wales
30 April		Baltic Works	Saint Petersburg		Armored cruiser
30 April		William Denny & Bros Ltd	Dumbarton		Passenger ferry	For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
14 May		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Dominion Line.[4]
27 May		Arsenal de Cherbourg	Cherbourg			For French Navy.[5]
9 June		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Ferry	For Belfast Steamship Co.[6]
		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For
11 June		Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée	La Seyne		First class cruiser	For French Navy.[7]
13 June		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[8]
1 July	Germany	Kaiserliche Werft	Wilhelmshaven
9 July		Harland & Wolff	Belfast	European	Cargo liner	For West India & Pacific Steamship Company
14 July		John Brown & Company	Clydebank, Scotland
14 August		David J. Dunlop & Co.	Port Glasgow		Cargo ship	For African Steamship Company
25 August		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Union Steamship Line.[9]
2 September		Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth
2 September		Arsenal de Lorient	Lorient
2 September		Nikolayev shipyard	Mykolaiv		Pre-dreadnought battleship
10 September		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Holland America Line
17 September		Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent
22 September		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Union Steamship Line.[10]
6 October		Arsenal de Brest	Brest
7 October		Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow
8 October		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Hamburg America Line.[11] [12]
8 October		Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth		Steamship	For Ardova Steamship Co. Ltd.[13]
8 October		Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée	La Seyne			For French Navy.[14]
21 October		Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan, Scotland
17 November		Earle's Shipbuilding	Hull		Passenger steamer	For Great Eastern Railway[15]
21 November		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Cargo ship	For Hamburg America Line.[16]
3 December		Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth	[17]
4 December		Armstrong, Mitchell and Company	Newcastle upon Tyne		Protected cruiser	Laid down for Brazilian Navy, purchased by United States Navy
5 December		Laird, Son & Co.	Birkenhead
5 December			Bath, Maine		Gunboat
5 December		Harland & Wolff	Belfast		Passenger ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[18]
5 December		Sheerness Dockyard	Sheerness, Kent	[19]
5 December			Bath, Maine		Gunboat
8 December		Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth
21 December		Armstrong, Mitchell and Company	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	[20]
23 December		Crescent Shipyard	Elizabeth, New Jersey		Gunboat
Unknown date		Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd.	Troon		Paddle steamer	For P. & A. Campbell.
Unknown date	Germany				steamship	Given to the United Kingdom after World War I
Unknown date		Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	Fortuna	Lighter	For A. Willoughby.[21]
Unknown date		Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	Juno	Sloop	For George Hill.[22]
Unknown date		Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	Lilian	Sloop	For William Aaron.[23]
Unknown date		Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston		Paddle steamer	For Great Yarmouth Steam Tug Co. Ltd.[24]
Unknown date		Beeching Brothers Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Milton	Steam drifter	For Horatio Fenner Ltd.[25]
Unknown date		Brown & Clapson	Barton-upon-Humber	Sarah Ellen	Sloop	For Benjamin Barraclough & William Barraclough.[26]
Unknown date		Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston	Stella	Merchantman	For private owner.[27]
Unknown date		Allsup & Co. Ltd.	Preston		Tug	For T. W. Fox.[28]

References

Sources

• Book: Lyon, David. The First Destroyers. 2001. 1996. Caxton Editions. London. 1-84067-3648.
• Book: Sawyer . LA . Mitchell . WH . 1990 . The Empire Ships . London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong . Lloyd's of London Press Ltd . 1-85044-275-4 . Second .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Iran . The Yard . 20 February 2017.
2. Web site: Istrar . The Yard . 20 February 2017.
3. Web site: Perseverance . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 23 September 2024 .
4. Web site: Canada . The Yard . 20 February 2017.
5. The Times (London), Monday, 1 June 1896, p.12
6. Web site: Comic . The Yard . 20 February 2017.
7. The Times (London), Wednesday, 24 June 1896, p.12
8. Web site: China . The Yard . 20 February 2017.
9. Web site: Gascon . The Yard . 20 February 2017.
10. Web site: Gaika . The Yard . 20 February 2017.
11. Web site: Arcadia, Hamburg America Line.
12. Web site: USN Ships--USS Arcadia (ID # 1605). dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050405122144/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/id1605.htm . 2005-04-05 .
13. Web site: Ardova . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 1 October 2024 .
14. The Times (London), Saturday, 10 October 1896, p.11
15. The Great Eastern Railway Co.'s Steamer "Dresden". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect . 1 September 1897. 206–207.
16. Web site: Arabia . The Yard . 20 February 2017.
17. The Times (London), Thursday, 3 December 1896, p.7
18. Web site: Oravia . The Yard . 20 February 2017.
19. The Times (London), Monday, 7 December 1896, p.12
20. The Times (London), Tuesday, 22 December 1896, p.8
21. Web site: Fortuna . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .
22. Web site: Juno . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .
23. Web site: Lilian . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .
24. Web site: Lord Nelson . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 23 September 2024 .
25. Web site: Milton . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 27 September 2024 .
26. Web site: Sarah Ellen . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .
27. Web site: Stella . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 23 September 2024 .
28. Web site: Vixen . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 23 September 2024 .